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Bookish news and publishing tidbits 19 September 2011

book news Bookish news and publishing tidbits 19 September 2011

The Childrens Authors Who Broke The Rules'bit.ly/od7XQs

A film is being made of Cloud Atlas'tgr.ph/nxZyxp

Metropolitan Etiquette Authority Posts New Signs Around New York City: Workable Art'bit.ly/o9Kxrj

Lord of the Flies: can you judge a book by its cover?'gu.com/p/3xq86/tw

Time travel saga The History Keepers could be the next Harry Potter-style blockbuster'bit.ly/mUUQJX

A sample from Raimond Gaitas new book After Romulus'bit.ly/pT3UnP

Free Ebooks Do They Get Read?http://j.mp/qTVdAf

E-books push deeper into interactive territory'zite.to/nSJtcG

E-books pose problem for the underside of the digital divide'zite.to/oph4nr

Kenneth Oppel discussing Frankenstein'http://ow.ly/6uD1j

A 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'iPad/Kindle 'Case 'etsy.me/peB3ae

The German Solution: Saving Books by Keeping Them Expensive

An interview with Booker shortlist author Carol Birch in the Guardian'bit.ly/qJbzpj

Residents in Melbournes south-east must drive for an hour to be able to buy a book off shelf

Interview with Gretchen McNeil, debut author of Possess'bit.ly/olT07r

The Age Short Story Competition is now accepting entries

Interview with Michael Ondaatje.

'I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget.' -William Lyon Phelps